شرب

شَرُوبٌ ذ and ↓ شَرِيبٌ are syn. with شَرَابٌ, q. v.: or both signify Water inferior to the عَذْب [or sweet ]: (K:) or [ brackish water; i. e.] water between the salt and the sweet: (AO, S:) or water drinkable, or fit to be drunk, but in which is disagreeableness: (Msb:) or the former signifies water that has some degree of sweetness, and is sometimes drunk by men notwithstanding what is in it; and ↓ the latter, water inferior to what is sweet, and not drunk by men save in cases of necessity, but sometimes drunk by cattle: (IKtt, TA:) or ↓ the latter, the sweet: and the former is said to signify water that is drunk: (TA:) or ↓ the latter, water that has no sweetness in it, but is sometimes drunk by men notwithstanding what is in it; and the former, water inferior to this in sweetness, and not drunk by men save in cases of necessity: (AZ, T, M, TA:) or, accord. to Lth, ↓ شَرِيبٌ and ↓ شِرِّيبٌ signify water in which are bitterness and saltness, but not abstained from as drink: and مَاآءٌ شَرُوبٌ and طَعِيمٌ are syn.: and ↓ مَاآءٌ مِشْرَبٌ is syn. with شَرُوبٌ: this last word is used alike as masc. and fem. and sing. and pl. (TA.) It is said in a prov., originally in a trad., جُرْعَةُ شَرُوبٍ أَنْفَعُ مِنْ عَذْبٍ مُوبٍ [expl. in art. وبأ]. (TA.) -A2- Also, شَرُوبٌ, A man who drinks vehemently. (TA.) See also شُرَبَةٌ: and شِرِّيبٌ. ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) A she-camel desiring the stallion. (K.)